Tucson Time TradersCommunity Time Bank
2019 December 3 - Tucson Timetraders 8th Birthday / Thanksgiving Potluck
When - Dec 3, Tuesday evening 6 to 8 pm (ical download or subscribe)
Where - East Tucson near Speedway & Pantano (suntran routes 4 201x 37) - for address & directions, email RSVP to metasofa.org(at)gmail.com (same place as the Sep 22 potluck, and again we can give some rides from anywhere along Speedway between Stone & Pantano)
Tucson Timebank community meeting & potluck. Presentation and discussion about timebanking with coordinators and members of Tucson Timetraders. To use the website, please bring a laptop computer, tablet, or smartphone. You can also bring your dinner or something to share if you like. And please bring friends too!
Free and open to the public, families / kids welcome, carpooling / rides may be available. If you need a ride or can give a ride, please contact us with your location (or post your request / offer in the timebank) and we'll try to connect you.
If you can't make it this time, please see the meeting scheduler and help us plan future events. For new member orientations, smaller meetings can be arranged too, please contact us and say what would work for you, thanks!
birthday note - our founding group met in a timebanking workshop Jan 6, 2011 and our first public orientation potluck was Nov 22, 2011
2020 January - Orientation Meeting & Software Tutorial
Date & Location to be determined - Everyone is invited to help plan these events, please see the meeting scheduler
Orientation meeting, how to do timebanking, how to use the website
2020 March - Tucson Timebank "Equal-Hours Equinox" Potluck
Date & Location to be determined - Everyone is invited to help plan these events, please see the meeting scheduler
Tucson Timebank community meeting & potluck
( the exact equinox is March 19 Thu 8:49 pm mst )
2020 July - Monsoon of Abundance Potluck
Date & Location to be determined - Everyone is invited to help plan these events, please see the meeting scheduler
Tucson Timebank community meeting & potluck
2020 September - Tucson Timebank "Equal-Hours Equinox" Potluck
Date & Location to be determined - Everyone is invited to help plan these events, please see the meeting scheduler
Tucson Timebank community meeting & potluck
( the exact equinox is Sep 22 Tue 6:30 am mst )
"Office hours" by appointment - best dates to meet with coordinators in person or by phone
2019
Dec 1 thru 6 (Sun-Fri) and Dec 17 thru 20 (Tue-Fri) afternoons
2020
Jan 2 thru 5 (Thu-Sun) and Jan 15 thru 18 (Wed-Sat) afternoons
Jan 30 thru Feb 3 (Thu-Mon) and Feb 14 thru 17 (Fri-Mon) afternoons
Feb 29 thru March 3 (Sat-Tue) and March 14 thru 19 (Sat-Thu) afternoons & evenings
March 29 thru April 2 (Sun-Thu) and April 13 thru 17 (Mon-Fri) afternoons & evenings
April 28 thru May 1 (Tue-Fri) and May 12 thru 16 (Tue-Sat) afternoons & evenings
May 27 thru 30 (Wed-Sat) afternoons & evenings...
Also see our meeting scheduler for future meetings and events
Hi everyone! It's been pretty quiet here, but Tucson Timetraders is alive and well. Whenever there are timebank meetings and events we'll list them here, and there's also an iCal calendar - click to download or subscribe.
Do you have a project or group of friends ready to start timebanking? Next step is for each person to sign up and we'll get you going ASAP.
Any questions? Your friendly timebank coordinators are often online to answer questions and help members with the website. You can email metasofa.org(at)gmail.com or chat with us on the community blog (log in below).
For lots of great information about timebanking from around the world, check out the Knit-a-Network Timebank Knowledge Commons and our Links & Resources below.
Across the US and around the world, Timebanking has proven to be of benefit in a multitude of diverse applications, especially at a grassroots level - person-to-person and neighbor-to-neighbor services, social services and support resources, neighborhood infrastructure, cooperatives and local businesses - thereby strengthening local communities and economies.
Timebanking is about acknowledging and crediting the invisible / core economy, building community, including older, younger, and disabled folks, and providing an economic buffer for mainstream working folks during recession. Timebanking is something everyone can do right now to strengthen your local community and economy.
Timebanking is a good way for us to notice and appreciate the everyday assistance we give each other and often take for granted - rides, errands, childcare, eldercare, cooking, cleaning, fixing, mending, advice, tutoring, coaching, listening... with our families, friends, neighbors and co-workers. This type of work is actually the "core economy" - often invisible, but an essential part of the whole economy - nothing could happen without it! Please join us in re-defining work and appreciating the true foundation of our wealth.
Membership in our timebank is free and open to everyone, and participation is growing slowly but surely... currently we have 230 members, including 5 organizations. See the word cloud below to get an idea of what we're trading & sharing.
Our website is a live-online member-based community directory for finding people, services offered and wanted, and other resources. The software is easy to use, and it's securely accessible with standard web browsers on all desktop and laptop computers, tablets, ipads, iphones and androids.
Members can log in below. If you're not already a member, you can sign up on the form below.
A Timebank is a group of people who trade an hour of work for an hour of work - everyone's time is valued equally. The hours are recorded in the timebank software so we can trade them around the timebank community. Timebanking is a great way for people to exchange assistance and help build healthy communities.
We are all assets – Every human being has something to contribute.
Redefining work – Some work is beyond price. We need to value whatever it takes to raise healthy children, build strong families, revitalize neighborhoods, make democracy work, advance social justice, make the planet sustainable. This kind of work needs to be honored, recorded, and rewarded.
Reciprocity – Helping works better as a two-way street. "How can I help you?" becomes "How can we help each other build the world we both will live in?"
Community – We need each other... people helping each other reweave networks of support, strength and trust. Communities are stronger than individuals, and community is built on mutual respect, trust, and commitment.
Respect – Every human being matters. Respect is a foundation for freedom of speech and freedom of religion, and supplies the heart and soul of democracy.
Membership in our timebank is free, and open to everyone. Sign up online with the new member application form below, and come to an orientation meeting. Feel free to contact us with any questions. For general information and videos about timebanking, see links and resources at the bottom of this page.
a self-signed certificate is ok for this website.
questions? lost password? contact us
Email metasofa.org (at) gmail.com -or-
Send a web message directly to metasofa.org -or-
Chat with us on the community blog (log in above) -or-
Come to an orientation potluck (calendar at top) -or-
Sign up on the form above (which also emails us)
Your friendly timebank coordinators are often online to answer questions and help members with the website. You can send email or chat with us on the community blog. For best times to meet with coordinators in-person or talk on the phone, please see "office hours" on the events calendar above.
If you have a project or group of friends ready to start timebanking, the next step is for each person to sign up, and we'll get you going ASAP (it also emails us when you sign up)
The website is always available for timebank members 24/7 from anywhere on the internet. You can log in above. (not already a member? sign up on the form above)
Secure login is now required for all members, not just coordinators. When you first log in, it's normal and good for your browser to give a security warning because our security certificate is "self-signed". No worries, that's OK for this website, just go forward! Not sure this is the real website? Please contact us and make sure! For more info and best security setup, see Metasofa Certificate Authority.
Also see Links & Resources below for videos & information on timebanking.
PBS Newshour - Help Stretch Dollars in Recession (tb-kc)
(7-minute video, mp3, & transcript, Portland Maine, Nov 2010)
ABC News Good Morning America - Pay It Forward
(3-minute youtube, New York, March 2009)
Echo Park Time Bank - Members Tell Their Stories
(5-minute youtube, Los Angeles, Jan 2010)
Lathrup Village Time Bank - Discover Timebanking
(4-minute youtube, Michigan, April 2010)
Bernard Lietaer on creating a balanced view
(3-minute video, Nov 2012, from the Money & Life movie)
Edgar Cahn, founder of Time Banking (tb-kc)
(6-minute youtube, The Jon Snow Interviews, UK, March 2005)
Stephanie Rearick, Dane County Timebank (tb-kc)
(24-minute video from The Economics of Peace conference,
Sonoma California, Oct 2009)
Tucson Timetraders owes many thanks to
Sustainable Tucson, the Comfy Metasofa, and TimeBanks USA
Contact us about becoming an organizational member ! (tb-kc)
Tucson Timetraders flyers & cards download & print (tb-kc) full-page poster - ttt-poster.pdf 108ktwo half-page flyers - ttt-flyers.pdf 156k
fortune-cookie tags - ttt-fortunes.pdf 16k
big T poster - jpg or ttt-big-t.pdf 32k This is the official Tucson Timetraders website, please
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Members can log in above, or
to join the timebank, sign up on the form above.